36 Royal Kids Who Are About to Take Over the World

You've obsessed over Queen Elizabeth II's adorable grandkids; now get to know some of the youngest members of the most prominent royal families around the globe, aged 18 and under.

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Princess Elisabeth of Belgium

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, is the oldest child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde. The 16-year-old, is the immediate heir to the throne, and impressively opened the Princess Elisabeth Children's Hospital in 2011.

According to the Palace, she loves playing sports, has been playing piano for a few years and enjoys volunteer work. She currently goes to school in Brussels.

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Prince Gabriel of Belgium

Prince Gabriel is the second child of the King and Queen of Belgium, and the second in line for the throne, following his older sister. Like Princess Elisabeth, the 14-year-old also goes to school in Brussels and enjoys a variety of sports, from football to sailing.

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Prince Emmanuel of Belgium

Prince Emmanuel, 12, is the King and Queen's third child. He's third in line for the throne and is apparently a big nature fan and a flute-player. Unlike his older siblings, he attends school in Leuven.

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Princess Eléonore of Belgium

The King and Queen's fourth and youngest child is nine-year-old Princess Eléonore, who is fourth in line for the throne. She also attends school in Brussels, plays violin and likes to draw.

Here, the one-year-old Dragon Prince is photographed with his father and Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj. He also melts hearts monthly in adorable calendar photos.

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Prince Christian of Denmark

Twelve-year-old Christian Valdemar Henri John, Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat is the first son of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary and grandson of Queen Margrethe II, the reigning monarch, and Prince Henrik. He also holds the title of Count of Monpezat and is second in line for the throne, following his father.

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Princess Isabella of Denmark

Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, 10, is the second child of the crown prince and princess. Thanks to a recent amendment in the Danish law of royal succession—which changed inheritance from male-preferred primogeniture to absolute primogeniture—she's next in line for the throne, following her older brother, Prince Christian.

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Prince Vincent of Denmark

Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander, Count of Monpezat, is the third child of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. The six-year-old follows his older sister Princess Isabella in the line of succession.

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Princess Josephine of Denmark

Prince Vincent has a twin sister, Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda, Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat. She follows her fraternal twin in line for the Danish throne.

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Prince Nikolaj of Denmark

Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik, 18, is the oldest son of Prince Joachim (Crown Prince Frederik's younger brother) and Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg. Like Prince Frederik's children, he and his siblings are also grandchildren to Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik. He also holds title of Count of Monpezat.

Although his parents divorced in 2004, Prince Nikolai is still in line for the throne, in seventh place, after his dad.

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Prince Felix of Denmark

Prince Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian, Count of Monpezat, is the 15-year-old son of Prince Joachim and Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (pictured). Like his older brother, he is still included in the line of succession, though his parents are divorced.

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Prince Henrik of Denmark

Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain, Count of Monpezat, is Prince Joachim and Princess Mary's first child together. (They wed in 2008, four years after he divorced Countess Alexandra.) The eight-year-old is ninth in line for the throne, after his half-brother Prince Felix.

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Princess Athena of Denmark

Five-year-old Princess Athena Françoise Marie, Countess of Monpezat is the youngest of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik's grandchildren. She's also the younger of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie's two children together. She follows her brother Prince Henrik as the 10th in line for the throne.

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Prince Hisahito of Japan

The grandson of Japan's Emperor Akihito is third in line for the Imperial Throne. His parents are Prince Akishino, the Emperor's younger son, and Princess Kiko. The royal tween just turned 11 in September, but here he is photographed on his first day of school at Ochanomizu University Elementary School.

Princess Salma, 17, is the third child and first daughter of King Abdullah II (pictured) and Queen Rania Al Abdullah. She has three siblings: Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 23, Princess Princess Iman, 21, and Prince Hashem, 12.

The royal teen is not an heir to the throne because the Jordanian constitution states that the royal title is passed from the king to his eldest son.

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Prince Hashem of Jordan

Twelve-year-old Prince Hashem is the fourth and youngest child of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah.

Since his older brother, Crown Prince Al Hussein, currently has no male heirs, according to the Jordanian constitution, Prince Hashem is technically next in line for the throne, but that will change if Al Hussein bears a son.

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Prince Jacques of Monaco

Prince Jacques is the son of sovereign Prince Albert and his wife, Princess Charlene, and the grandchild of Prince Ranier and Grace Kelly. The two-year-old has a twin sister, Princess Gabriella. Even though he was born two minutes after his sibling, he is the heir to the throne, because in Monaco royal inheritance is passed on to the first-born male child, even if he has an older sister.

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Princess Gabriella of Monaco

The royal two-year-old is technically the first child (by two minutes) of Prince Albert and Princess Charlene, and the granddaughter of Prince Rainier and Princess Consort Grace Kelly. Her twin brother, Prince Jacques, with whom she often shares matching outfits with, is next in line for the crown.

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Prince Moulay El Hassan of Morocco

Prince Moulay El Hassan is the first son of King Mohammed VI and Princess Lalla Salma and the first in line for the throne after his father.

The 14-year-old began taking on public engagements with his father in 2015 and made headlines in 2016 for refusing to let foreign dignitaries kiss his hand when he met them. Despite breaking protocol, the prince is consistently sharply dressed for his appearances.

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Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

The 10-year-old princess is the second child of King Mohammed VI and Princess Lalla Salma and the younger sister of Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan. Like her brother, the young royal began participating in public engagements at an early age, starting with an inauguration of a children's cancer center in Casablanca with her mother in 2013.

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Princess Catherina-Amalia of the Netherlands

Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, 14, is the oldest child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She holds the titles of Princess of Orange, (meaning she's first in line for the crown), Princess of the Netherlands and Princess of Orange-Nassau.

According to the Palace, her hobbies include horse riding and hockey, but she also has a musical side and enjoys singing and playing the piano.

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Princess Ariane of the Netherlands

Princess Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien, Princess of Orange-Nassau, is the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She's also one of Princess Catharina-Amalia's younger sisters. The 12-year-old royal is second in line for the throne, following her older sibling.

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Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's third and youngest daughter is Princess Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines, Princess of Orange-Nassau. The ten-year-old is third in the line of succession, following her two siblings. In addition to sharing her oldest sister's hobbies, she also enjoys drawing.

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Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Thirteen-year-old Princess Ingrid Alexandra is second in line for the throne, following her father, Crown Prince Haakon. She is also the granddaughter of Norway's King Harald.

Though she's still an early teen, the princess has already begun participating in official royal engagements, like the annual children’s parade and the traditional ski jumping tournament in Oslo.

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Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway

Eleven-year-old Prince Sverre Magnus is the third in line for the throne, following his father, Prince Haakon, and big sister, Princess Ingrid Alexandra.

He famously stole the show at his grandparents' 80th birthday celebrations when he dabbed on the balcony during a royal photo opp. What a rebel.

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Princess Leonor of Spain

Leonor de Borbón y Ortiz, 12, holds the title of Princess of Asturias, meaning she's the official heir to the throne. She's the elder daughter of King Felipe VI (who inherited the crown after his father King Juan Carlos I's abdication in 2014) and Queen Letizia. Her other titles include Princess of Girona, Princess of Viana, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera and Lady of Balaguer.

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Princess Sofia of Spain

Princess Sofia de Borbón y Ortiz, Infanta of Spain (meaning the child of the reigning monarch) is the second daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and younger sister of Princess Leonor. At 10 years old, she is second in line for the throne, following her older sibling.

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Princess Estelle of Sweden

Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess of Östergötland is the five-year-old daughter and first child of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel, and granddaughter of the King and Queen of Sweden.

This is Princess Estelle's one-year-old brother (born March 2016) and second child of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. The tiny Duke of Skåne follows his big sister in the line of succession.

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